Synopis

Many organic semiconductor materials are able to absorb or emit light with high-efficiency, providing the foundation for applications in technologies ranging from optical communication devices to energy harvesting and storage. By combining organic and inorganic materials together, so-called hybrid systems can also be created that possess properties not achievable in either material system alone. For example, organometal halide perovskites are now of significant interest as materials for photovoltaics and lasers. This topical meeting aims to bring together the community of physicists, chemists, material scientists and engineers having an interest in the application in photonics and light-harvesting, in order to provide an overview of the state of the art and a vision for future technologies. Our session considers fundamental theory, basic spectroscopy and device studies. We aim to cover a broad range of topics, including organic lasers and laser devices, perovskite photovoltaics and lasers, organic light emitting diodes and photovoltaic devices, biologically inspired photonics and devices, nano-photonic materials and systems, microcavities and polariton-based optics, photonic-crystals and self-assembled photonic structures, and spectroscopy of organic and hybrid semiconductors.

Topics include

Spectroscopy of functional organic and hybrid-semiconductor materials

Photovoltaics and photodetectors based on organic-semiconductors and perovskites